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This morning the Premier League announced the broadcast selections for its March fixtures, meeting its deadline for TV picks for the first time since August.
Today’s release means that half of the division's TV announcements this season have now been issued on time – the December, January and February selections were all hit by delays, giving supporters even less notice to plan their travel for up...

Reports that Sky Sports are proposing to reschedule Premier League fixtures from Saturday 23rd December to Christmas Eve have been met with anger among football supporters, and represent a new low point in putting the interests of football broadcasters over those of match-going fans.
In particular, the suggestion that Liverpool’s fixture away to Arsenal could kick off at 4pm on Christmas Eve coul...

Football clubs are facing a “demographic time-bomb” warned an MP today ahead of a Private Members' Bill he is putting before the House of Commons tomorrow.
Labour's Justin Madders, MP for Ellesmere Port & Neston, is proposing a number of measures to help football supporters with a new “10 Minute Rule Bill" to be heard in Parliament after Prime Minister's Questions tomorrow (Wednesday 30th December...

On Wednesday 2nd November a number of top-flight fan representatives met with members of the team at Sky Sports who work across football coverage and fixture scheduling. It is hoped that this is the first of many meetings between match-going fans and broadcasters.
The group are building on the discussions at the Premier League Structured Dialogue meeting with fans, which took place in July, organi...

The FSF welcomes today’s [Monday 8th August 2016] announcement by Ofcom that it will close its investigation into how the Premier League sells live UK media rights for Premier League matches.
The investigation was opened in November 2014 and asked whether the selling arrangements of the Premier League restricted or distorted competition.
The FSF was consulted and wrote to Ofcom in December 2014 ma...

Manchester United have been accused of treating AFC Bournemouth fans with "contempt" after refusing to compensate away fans left out-of-pocket by last seasons' fixture postponement.
The Cherries Trust, the newly-formed fans group representing AFC Bournemouth fans, is seeking compensation from Manchester United after their visit to Old Trafford was called-off due to a bomb scare - the device was la...

Everton will refund their travelling fans who missed substantial parts of the club's recent Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium due to transport problems in Manchester.
Despite significant portions of the ground still being empty at kick-off last Wednesday, the game proceeded as normal. Many fans, both home and away, reported missing all of the first half - and now Everton have said they wi...

Pubs in the area of Wembley Stadium will be designated to specific sets of supporters for both FA Cup semi-finals on the weekend of Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th April 2014. Check out the information below to avoid any pub-based confusion.
Please note the FSF doesn't play any role in allocating pubs to specific sets of fans. The Met Police share this information with us and we believe it's import...

Complaints relating to rescheduled fixtures are one of the more common that the FSF receives - fixtures are subject to change and that can cause strife.
Given the increase in games and general travel chaos around Christmas, it seems a good time to look at fixtures, why they change, and what you can do to avoid being caught out.
We regularly hear from fans who’ve bought rail tickets that are now un...

Thousands of Bradford City and Tranmere Rovers fans have seen matchday plans disrupted after their upcoming game was moved on West Yorkshire Police's advice to avoid clashing with an English Defence League march.
The game was originally rearranged with only three weeks’ notice from Saturday 12th October (3pm) to Friday 11th October (7.45pm).
This was then changed again to Sunday 13th October (3pm)...